LIVING COST INDEX REACHES NEW HIGH; Rise in Month Ended Nov. 15 Means Millions of Workers Will Get Pay Increase LIVING COST INDEX REACHES NEW HIGH Higher Excise Taxes a Factor

By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();

December 22, 1951,

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21--The consumers' price index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics went up 0.6 per cent to a new high in the month that ended Nov. 15, assuring pay rises for millions of workers under the Government's cost-of-living wage stabilization policy.

December 22, 1951

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